Enbridge is coming on strong, and so is the opposition

June 7, 2021

From last week: After a short spring break on mainline construction required by Minnesota regulators, however, Enbridge is now entering a new phase of construction — and a new phase of protests. As the company restarted construction this week, opponents of the project geared up for a wave of larger demonstrations aimed at slowing or […]

by Dan Burns

Why not crush this Line 3 nonsense, once and for all?

November 18, 2020

The Minnesota Pollution “Control” Agency just rubber-stamped permitting for the proposed Enbridge Line 3 tar sands sludge pipeline. Here’s one righteously brutal response: Twelve out of 17 members of a group that advises the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on environmental justice issues have resigned in protest of the agency’s approval late last week of a […]

by Dan Burns

Contested case hearing another reason Enbridge should just give up

June 8, 2020

Good deal: On June 3, 2020 the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced it is granting a contested case hearing on the agency’s draft 401 water quality certification for Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project. The contested case hearing, expected to be scheduled later this summer, will focus on Enbridge’s water crossing methods to ensure all impacted […]

by Dan Burns